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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE JESUS?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE JESUS?
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY JUDAS WAS SO UPSET AT MARY, LAZERAS' SISTER, WHEN SHE TOOK THE BOX OF OINTMENT OF SPIKENARD AND ANOINTED JESUS' FEET WITH IT? HE SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOLD AND THE MONEY GIVEN TO THE POOR BUT HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE POOR. HE WAS WHAT WE MIGHT CALL A "TREASURER" TODAY BECAUSE HE KEPT THE "BAG" AND HE WAS A THIEF AND WANTED THE MONEY.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SIDE NOTE. WHEN I RESEARCHED THIS, I FOUND A LITTLE ABOUT SPIKENARD. THE PLANT GROWS IN THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS AT AN ELEVATION OF BETWEEN 11,000 AND 17,000 FEET. FOR CENTURIES IT WAS USED BY THE HINDUS AS A MEDICINE AND PERFUME AND WAS USED FOR MONEY OR TRADING. IT WAS SO COSTLY BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED OVER 6,000 MILES TO REACH PALESTINE AND IT SOLD FOR AS MUCH AS 400 DENARII PER POUND. THAT WOULD BE AROUND $750 AN OUNCE THESE DAYS.
NOW BACK TO JUDAS. SPIKENARD WAS MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD AND SINCE JUDAS ONLY GOT 30 PIECES OF SILVER FOR BETRAYING JESUS, THE PERFUME WAS TWO AND ONE-HALF TIME WHAT JUDAS THOUGHT JESUS WAS WORTH. MARY, ON THE OTHER HAND, VALUED JESUS MUCH MORE THAN JUDAS. SHE HAD SEEN JESUS RAISE HER BROTHER FROM THE DEAD AND HER HEART WAS OVERFLOWING WITH LOVE AND WORSHIP.
TRUE WORSHIP COMES FROM THE HEART AND THAT WAS WHAT JESUS WAS LOOKING AT. I AM SURE JESUS KNEW JUDAS WAS A THIEF BUT NOT ONCE IN SCRIPTURE DID HE EVER CONFRONT HIM ABOUT IT. JESUS LOVED JUDAS JUST AS HE LOVES ALL OF US. HE JUST HATES THE SIN. LET'S ALL GIVE HIM THE PRAISE AND HONOR THAT HE DESERVES.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.